Beatriz of Castile

Beatriz of Castile (8 March 1293-25 October 1359) was the Queen of Portugal from 1325 to 1357 with King Afonso IV of Portugal.

Biography
Beatriz was born on 8 March 1293 to Sancho IV of Castile and Maria de Molina, two monarchs of the Catholic House of d'Ivrea of the Kingdom of Castile. She was raised at the court of King Denis of Portugal and met his son, the future king Afonso IV of Portugal, and she married him in 1309 at the age of 16. She played a relevant role in the affairs of the kingdom alongside her husband after he became the ruler of the Kingdom of Portugal in 1325, and she acted as a mediator between King Afonso IV and their son, the future Pedro I of Portugal, when Pedro rebelled against Afonso following his imprisonment and murder of Pedro's informal wife Ines de Castro in 1355. The father and son reconciled by 1357, but the father died that year. Beatriz died at the age of 66 in 1359.